Alexander Parygin (born 25 April 1973) is a
Kazakhstan
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i-Australian
modern pentathlete
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and Olympic champion. He competed at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta
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where he won the individual gold medal.
["1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Modern Pentathlon"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 15, 2008)
He competed for
Australia at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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and finished 27th overall. He initially qualified for the
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but his qualification was called into question by the British team for failing to meet the minimum number of points required to be eligible (as his qualification took place at the Oceanian Championship in Tokyo, where the
show jumping segment was called off after an outbreak of
equine flu;
however, the
Australian Olympic Committee
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initially insisted he had met the requirements),
and was eventually revoked by the
Court of Arbitration for Sport
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(CAS).
Alex now lives in
Melbourne
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, Australia.
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1973 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Almaty
Australian male modern pentathletes
Kazakhstani male modern pentathletes
Modern pentathletes at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan
Olympic modern pentathletes for Kazakhstan
Olympic modern pentathletes for Australia
Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon
Asian Games medalists in modern pentathlon
Modern pentathletes at the 1994 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
Kazakhstani people of Russian descent
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